Triumph victory

[Testarossa]

Some of the group may recall that I've been working sporadically (like an hour every six months) to diagnose and fix my '70 Triumph, which was wet-sumping. After replacing the oil pump and pressure-testing all the various pipes and passages, I finally replaced the oil pressure relief valve -- a two-minute job with a one-inch socket.

Goal!

This bike is so cool. It's a rider, not a show bike, with a ratty rattle-can paint job, but it (now) starts on the first kick and is a hoot to ride.

Cheers!

[Rough Edge racing]

 There you go!!!...Wet sumping in a Triumph twin is in the oil pump ball valves....I'm once again looking for a vintage Triumph street bike..Damn, I can build a Triumph race bike that holds speed records cheaper than finding a decent used one...

[Diploman]

Very, very cool, congrats!  I had a 71 oil-in-frame TR-6, which I now regret selling.  Leaks and all, vintage Triumphs have a soulful character that no Japanese wonderbike can emulate.

[Lannis]

Some of the group may recall that I've been working sporadically (like an hour every six months) to diagnose and fix my '70 Triumph, which was wet-sumping. After replacing the oil pump and pressure-testing all the various pipes and passages, I finally replaced the oil pressure relief valve -- a two-minute job with a one-inch socket.

Goal!

This bike is so cool. It's a rider, not a show bike, with a ratty rattle-can paint job, but it (now) starts on the first kick and is a hoot to ride.

Cheers!

Feels good when that happens.   And that bike, paint job and all, don't look so bad from here.   Looks like a rider, not a trailer queen, and the old Brit twins DO feel good on the road.   They handle well by anyone's standards.

Lannis

[rodekyll]

You won this round, but that tinking noise you heard while the fins cooled was the little bugger 'splainin to the other machinery in the room the details of it's revenge.  I've owned these things.  I know.

[Chuck in Indiana]

You won this round, but that tinking noise you heard while the fins cooled was the little bugger 'splainin to the other machinery in the room the details of it's revenge.  I've owned these things.  I know.

I've often wondered about that kind of stuff. I'm glad to see I'm not alone. 

[Guzzistajohn]

I thought you had put a victory motor in your triumph??

[Testarossa]

I thought you had put a victory motor in your triumph??

We'd have to call that a Trickory.

[Lannis]

We'd have to call that a Trickory.

Or a Vumph.   Trickory has more things you can do with it though .....

[Guzzistajohn]

I liked both of those comments  humor 

[Testarossa]

Victumph.